Brush.



G. n. PUSHEE.

BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1909.

' Patented June 7, 1910.

.Zivveniar.

GEORGE D. PUSI-IEE, OF WESTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRUSH.

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. PUsHEE, of WVeston, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulBrush, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of brushes,and my inven tion consists mainly in a ferrule so made that when thenails are driven from one side between the roots of the bristles to theother side, the latter side will be pierced by the nails at the properlocation and without injury to the points of the nails.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of a brushembodying my invention, the handle being broken away; Fig. 2 is asection of the same on line 22 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrow;Fig. 3 is a section of the ferrule on line 33 of Fig. l; and Figs. 4 andare details of the ferrule.

It is highly desirable to vulcanize bristles in a ferrule whose innersurface is rough and I therefore use ferrule A having an inwardlyprojecting rib a. In the form shown the ferrule is continuously groovedat the outside of the ferrule but the groove or the continuity are notessentials except in the preferred form of my invention. The rib isperforated at I) Z) and opposite these perforations it is flattened at(Z (Z for a purpose hereinafter described.

In assembling the parts of the brush I prefer to place the roots of thebristles E within the ferrule and then apply vulcanizable material tothem. I then pass nails F F through the perforations Z) Z) and betweenthe roots of the bristles to the opposite side of the ferrule.I-Ieretofore it has been a practical impossibility to make sure that thenails will pierce the rib at the proper point as a slight deflection ofthe nail in its passage will cause it to strike the rib above or belowits center in which case the nail will pass through the wall of theferrule above or be- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 9, 1909.

Patented June '7, 1910.

Serial No. 506,683.

low the rib even if the point of the nail is not bent. Vhen, however,the point strikes the flattened portions (Z d the point of the nail willnot be bent, and the nail will pierce the flattened portion at exactlythe desired location and may be clenched upon the flattened portionwhich improves the clenching. I prefer to make the rib continuous andthen flatten it at intervals, but other ways of accomplishing thepurpose may be employed.

My invention is of especial value in cases where the nails are passedthrough before the bristles are vulcanized because in that case there isno rigid guide for the nails and the deflection above referred to ismore likely to happen but my invention is applicable also to cases inwhich the bristles have been Vulcanized in the ferrule before the nailsare applied.

When the bristles are in place and the nails have been applied theferrule may be attached to the handle in any suitable way, such as bydirectly nailing it thereto by nails G G.

What I claim is:

1. A ferrule for brushes having an inwardly projecting perforated rib atone side and having at the opposite side opposite said rib an inwardlyprojecting rib flattened opposite said perforation.

2. A brush comprising bristles; a handle; a ferrule connecting thehandle with the bristles and comprising an inwardly projecting rib atone side and at the opposite side opposite said rib an inwardlyprojecting rib and a flattened portion; and a nail passing through thefirst-mentioned rib, between the bristles and through said flattenedportion, and clenched on the outside of the ferrule at said flattenedportion.

GEORGE D. PUSHEE.

Vitnesses G. A. ROCKWELL, M. G. HENNESSY.

